Novels like The Prince Takes Me for a Substitute? His Bedchamber Maid Becomes the Marchioness
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- 101 So What If I Like the Top Scholar? 我就喜欢状元怎么了 Xiao Changying took a liking to a young man from a humble family. He certainly had some talent and passed the imperial examinations as the top scholar that year. But instead of relying on Xiao Changying’s influence, he wanted her to share a life of hardship with him. Naturally, she refused. She turned around and married the next year’s newly crowned top scholar. As it turned out, she had picked a winner: when she faced a fire, he risked his life to save her, and whenever she had something on her 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Fox Demon Wiped Out My Family, Yet My Husband Asked Me to Spare Her 狐妖灭我满门，夫君却让我饶了她 The Fox Demon Slaughtered My Entire Family, Yet My Husband Asked Me to Spare Her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Sun Shines Just Right 此时骄阳正正好 The Sun Is Just Right at This Moment 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Love and Hate Drift Away, Deep Feelings Fade 爱恨随风，深情已逝 Love and hate drift away with the wind. Deep love is gone. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 杏花寂寂为谁开 For Whom Do the Apricot Blossoms Bloom in Solitude? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Jujubes Fall Softly Onto My Clothes 簌簌枣花落衣襟 Jujube Blossoms Rustle Down onto My Clothes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 After the Engagement Was Broken, the Cold and Proud Heir Regretted It 退婚后，高冷世子后悔了 [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger. Pure historical romance. Reunion after years apart. The husband’s road to redemption. Rekindled romance. Not a strong female lead. ☛ The male lead is a deranged, perverted, thoroughly rotten schemer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He’s a real bastard early on. When the heroine stops loving him, he completely loses it, and after their positions are reversed, he becomes addicted to groveling at her feet.] He severed the red thread ti 28.2kReads7.2Score68914d adds
- 108 With Jade Bones as Her Chessboard, She Slays the Whole City With Her Beauty 玉骨为棋，她色杀满城 [The heroine is a master of cosmetic surgery, and every woman in the capital begs her to reshape her face] [Revenge + household intrigue + both leads are pure-hearted + jealous hero + domineering pursuit + groveling for her forgiveness + angsty romance] Fu Yin was born with an alluring beauty and peerless charm. Two years ago, she took in an amnesiac man as her husband, never expecting it to bring disaster upon her entire family. When they met again, Fu Yin learned that the man who had shared he 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I Sold Paintings to Put My Husband Through School 我靠卖画供夫君读书 I Support My Husband's Studies by Selling Paintings 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Fiery Poison Doctor Crown Princess 火辣毒医太子妃 After a serious illness, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, once seen by others as weak and useless, gains the ability to heal and poison, sing and dance. She leaves the Minister’s household, where her father dotes on his concubine and mistreats her mother, and helps her mother reunite with the love of her life after many years. When every conspiracy is laid bare, she repays kindness and settles scores, ready to argue or fight. By the time the Minister’s household has returned to 3.3kReads9.2Score46314d adds
- 111 Lured into the Springtime Box 诱入春匣 Wen Ying was born a household servant in the Prime Minister’s residence. She had three paths ahead of her: The worst option: marry a favored young servant, bear a servant’s child, and serve the household master’s family for generations. The middle option: be given to one of her master’s colleagues to use for his amusement. The best option: win over a young master of the household, start as his bedchamber maid, bear him a child, and steadily climb the ranks. The eldest young master was violent an 2.3kReads8.8Score25014d adds
- 112 Kiji 栖司 [Old-fashioned young woman × modern gentleman | Marriage before love | Slow burn] She wanted to be child-free. He said they could adopt. Why didn’t she want children? She answered, but her answer was only the tip of the iceberg. Why did he love her? He answered, but not everything he said was true. Then let’s leave it at that. I look forward to working with you. She understood the difficulties he might face, but she didn’t care. She understood his pain and loneliness, but she didn’t care. But di 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 When Daylight First Breaks 乍破天光遇 When Daybreak Breaks Through 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 At Our Engagement Party, My Fiancé Confessed His Love to His One True Love 订婚宴上，未婚夫示爱白月光 At their engagement party, her fiancé professes his love for his first love 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Forced to Become a Bedchamber Maid, the Ascetic General Wants to Dote on Me Alone 被逼成通房丫鬟，禁欲将军要独宠 Su Qingruo is a maid doing menial work in the Marquis’s Manor. By chance, she helps the heir, Mu Sheng’an, get rid of an aphrodisiac, and is forced to become his concubine. Unwilling to be a concubine, Su Qingruo runs away several times, only to be caught by Mu Sheng’an each time. In the end, she has no choice but to poison him. The valiant general Mu Sheng’an suffers from face blindness. Then one day, he realizes he can remember one particular face. Curious, he wants to find out why. But as the 4.4kReads8.9Score47714d adds
- 116 Who Promised Her a Long and Lasting Chang'an? 谁许她长安长见 Who Promised Her an Endless Chang’an? 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Fallen Princess: A Sea of Love and Hatred 亡国公主：情天恨海 A kingdom falls, a family is destroyed, and a treasured pearl is cast into the dust. Years in the imperial palace, a lifetime tangled in love and hate. A fleeting moment of tenderness and the bonds of their child cannot erase a blood feud. She is a princess of a fallen kingdom, biding her time as she struggles between revenge, the people, and the fate of her former dynasty. He is an emperor who rules the land, with the realm always taking precedence over love. Imprisoned in the palace and subjec 2.4kReads8.4Score14114d adds
- 118 If We Could Share a Snowfall in This Life, We Should Grow Old Together in the Next 此生若能同淋雪，来世应当共白头 If we could share a snowfall in this life, surely we’ll grow old together in the next. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Professional Code of a Maid 作为婢女的职业素养 Soul transmigration + multiple male love interests + identity reversal + everyone dotes on the heroine + a touch of court intrigue + fictional setting The heroine's soul travels to ancient times, where she becomes a maid in a wealthy merchant's household. Taking the attitude that she should make the best of wherever she ends up, she never forgets her lowly status as a servant and only wants to do her duty diligently. But why do all the young masters keep flocking around her? And what about that 24Reads7.6Score314d adds
- 120 A False Love, a Real Seduction: The CEO Wants My Love, and He’ll Pay with His Life 假爱真撩：总裁爱我，拿命来换 [Both leads have past relationships + revenge + a carefully laid plan] Everyone fears Lu Yuxing. He is the living King of Hell, feared in both the underworld and the legitimate world. Ruthless and cold, with blood on his hands, he has never had a weakness. Until Qian Wei appears. She flirts with him openly and relentlessly, smiling sweetly and wickedly at the devil everyone fears. “Mr. Lu, it was love at first sight for me!” He treats her with cold indifference, seeing her as a moth flying in 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 After the Princess Fakes Her Death, the Prince Wails Day and Night 王妃假死后，王爷日夜哀嚎 [Cathartic revenge + adored child + portable space + unparalleled medical skills] After transmigrating, Su Fu finds herself the infamous, ugly, plain-looking Princess Consort of Prince Xuan, saddled with a four-year-old burden. Prince Xuan hates her to the bone. He wants her and the little bastard to die in place of his beloved, and even plans to use her heart's blood as a medicinal ingredient? She gives a cold laugh, her beautiful eyes glinting, and turns the tide with her medical skills. She b 435Reads9.0Score17714d adds
- 122 The Matriarch Shines Alone, and Her Cold-Faced Husband Falls for Her 主母独美，冷面夫君沦陷了 Top star Zhu Qing'an transmigrated into a book. She landed in the body of a cannon-fodder character with the same name, and opened her eyes on her wedding night? The novel was a tragic romance full of angst. As the vicious female supporting character, the original Zhu Qing'an was naturally ruthless. When she couldn’t have the man she loved, she lashed out and killed everyone, leaving no survivors. The entire cast got a bad ending! So there was no way she was consummating the marriage. Besides, s 1.2kReads8.4Score10714d adds
- 123 I Transmigrated Just Before Divorcing the Prince, and Now the Royal Family Dotes on Me 穿到跟王爷和离前，被皇族团宠了 When Chu Yunjin woke up, she had become the prince’s forcibly taken wife, a fool who caused endless trouble and chaos in the prince’s household, couldn’t tell good from evil, and was thoroughly used by a hypocritical scumbag. She was completely at a loss. According to the original story, after the heroine repeatedly threatened to kill herself, the prince was forced to kneel before the emperor and beg for a divorce. But no royal heir had ever divorced before. The prince was beaten with a cane, th 8.6kReads8.7Score82414d adds
- 124 His Dead Wife Returned as a Wet Nurse, and the Emperor Begged on His Knees Night After Night for Her to Take Him Back 亡妻变奶娘，帝王夜夜跪求复合 [Resurrected First Love. Wet Nurse VS Emperor Widower Raising a Child (Possessive Love + Ex-Husband's Redemption + Powerful Man Bows to Love + Both Leads Faithful)] The year Shen Wanying married Ye Beiyin, he had just been made a prince. The prince's estate was poor, so she sold her dowry to help him build an army. On the day he ascended the throne, he took her hand and swore they would stay together forever. While she was confined after childbirth, her baby was taken from her. Her family was fr 1.4kReads6.7Score10814d adds
- 125 Scheming for the Phoenix: The Empire as a Game, You as My Pawn 谋凰：江山为局，卿为子 [Reborn + political intrigue + palace and household drama + the hero's desperate pursuit of his ex + strong female lead] In her previous life, Shen Yu, an illegitimate daughter in the household of the Vice Minister of Personnel, suffered a cruel fate and watched her closest family die. She helped the Third Prince, Xiao Jue, ascend the throne, only for him to end her life with a bowl of lethal poison. Reborn with all her bitterness intact, she returns to three years earlier, when her adoptive mot 4Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 126 In Search of a Gentle Breeze 觅清风 [The maid only wants to make money. Sir, please leave her alone] [Coercive romance] Gu Mingyue was sold and given to Lord He as a gift! At first, Lord He said coolly, “You can stay, but only as an ordinary maid.” Gu Mingyue’s daily goals: do her duties, study, and save money. Later, Lord He roared, “Why won’t you give me so much as a glance?” Gu Mingyue fled to the capital, disguised herself as a man, and, through a twist of fate, became a court official. A major case 99Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 127 After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Chased Me to the Border 和离后，前夫追到边关 [Content warning: not a pure couple] The year the imperial decree arranging her marriage arrived at the Shen residence, she was twenty. She accepted being married to Pei Yan, Duke of Zhenguo, as his second wife. She accepted that he still loved his late wife. Then, after they divorced, she left for the borderlands and gave birth to a daughter on her own. With food running short at the border, he volunteered to go reclaim wasteland and establish farms. 3.4kReads5.9Score28814d adds
- 128 A Bride in Red Enters the Game: After Taking Her Place, I Tear Apart His Bad-Luck Curse 红妆入局，替嫁后我手撕他克妻命 In a red wedding dress, I willingly took another bride's place and stepped into the cannibalistic Lu household. Everyone in the city knew Lu Yanxuan was a libertine who had driven his previous wife to her death. I was the second “sacrifice” chosen by the Lu family themselves. They didn't know that this substitute marriage was all part of my plan. I made myself the bait and swore to avenge my loved ones. But something was off about Lu Yanxuan. His eyes were clear as a mirror, and he even open 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Sweet Married Life: Lord Shen’s Substitute Wife 婚后甜宠：沈爷的替身甜妻 [Regretful ex chasing her · unhinged male lead · devoted to each other · domineering CEO forces his love] A female wish-fulfillment novel! If he doesn't love the heroine, he can die! On the eve of her wedding, she never expected that her fiancé would get involved with her younger sister. But Qin Qing is set up and spends a night in bed with a powerful figure from A City! From then on, her life takes off! Shen Jingzhi looks at the familiar woman before him. He imprisons her and keeps her by his s 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Stand-In Becomes Empress 替身为后 Su Nian never imagined that a face resembling someone’s “one true love” would drag her into the whirlpool of a wealthy family. Gu Tingchen, a cold and ruthless tyrant of a CEO, held her in the palm of his hand, yet wounded her heart again and again, because she was nothing more than a replacement. She loved him and endured his coldness and humiliation for his sake. He used her, but before he knew it, he had fallen deeply for her. When his “one true love,” Lin Sheng, returned, the truth came to l 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Wasn’t This Supposed to Be Forced Love? Why Are You Kneeling and Crying? 不是强制爱吗？怎么下跪哭红眼？ [Transmigration into another body, coercive love, past and present lives, an ex who suffers to win her back, both devoted to each other] Note: The heroine was called Jiang Ruowei in her first three lives. The hero is Xie Chenyuan. One day, Jiang Ruotong transmigrated and engineered a meeting with a powerful minister, successfully finding herself a protector. Little did she know that the minister had arranged that meeting himself. All she wanted was to return to the modern world, but she was thwa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 A Year Without Song 岁无歌 Wu Suiwan was a pitiful girl, unloved by both her father and mother. She had hoped to turn her life around by finding a husband, but instead fell straight into a ditch. Fortunately, things took a turn for the better. After the poor girl had spent a year quietly mourning her husband, Heaven took pity on her and her husband, who had supposedly died in battle, came home. But don’t celebrate just yet. At the drop of a hat, her husband eloped with another woman. If he doesn’t want us, we shouldn’t cl 377Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 133 Reborn as a Maidservant: Spring Buds Bloom at Qiheng Gate 穿成通房，春芽初绽栖衡门 [Transmigration + Farming + Imperial Examinations + No Golden Finger + Slow-Burn, Steady-Paced Story + CP] Li Wanchun, a biology teacher, opened her eyes to find herself as Chunya, a young maid who had drowned in the Lin residence in Yangzhou. To survive in the sprawling mansion, and especially to escape the clutches of the spoiled young master, Chunya took a desperate gamble. She carefully staged an “accident” and successfully faked an injury in front of the reserved eldest young master, Lin Ji 237Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 134 Shocking! The Marquis’s Young Maid Gives Birth to the Heir’s Illegitimate Eldest Son 惊！侯府小丫鬟，生了世子庶长子 [This new book has just been rated, so the score is low. Please bear with us.] [Devoted couple + sweet romance + raising a little boy + winning her back] One-line blurb: A brooding, love-struck young lord talks himself into falling in love. Full blurb: Su Chanyi, born into a family of physicians, transmigrated one day into the body of a senior maid serving the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an. She watched her words and actions, hid her abilities, and pretended to be ill, hoping only to hold on unt 2.1kReads8.7Score11914d adds
- 135 The Phoenix-Phoenix Lock 锁凤鸾 What would life be like if you could turn back time? As for the person who betrayed you, reverse time, tear off his disguise, crush his affected airs, make him fall in love with you, then dump him and send him straight to the eighteenth level of hell. What should you do about someone who has a secret crush on you and would gladly sacrifice himself for your sake? Turn back, cherish him, keep him close to your heart, teach him well, and raise him into a husband who dotes on you in every way. “If I 306Reads8.9Score2514d adds
- 136 I Picked Up a Crown Prince Who Wants to Kill Me, Yet I Became His Beloved 捡个太子想杀我，我却成了白月光 [The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] [A Love Born of Hatred] [Love by Force] [No Reconciliation After the Breakup] Crown Prince Shen Qiyan drifted among the common folk. When he lost his memory, he was saved by Jiang Zaohua, a herb gatherer from Niujia Village. As time passed, they fell in love and married. When he finally awoke to who he was, he worried that he had no support from his mother's family to begin with. If the court officials learned that he had married a woman from the common fol 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Dowry Maid: The Powerful Minister's Heir Dotes on Her and Takes Her as His Wife 陪嫁丫鬟，权臣世子强宠为妻 One true pairing, both untouched. Jiang Ling’s Story Jiang Ling was born into the declining Duke Lu’s household as a little maid. The family’s fortunes were fading, its ranks crowded, and the masters sold off their surplus servants every year to cut costs. Jiang Ling didn’t want to become a piece of merchandise passed from owner to owner. So she worked hard to become the best maid there was. She achieved outstanding results as a maid, only for the household to suddenly rise to prominence after b 676Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 138 After the Substitute Bride, Lord Fu's Cold Facade Crumbles 替嫁后，冷面傅爷人设崩了 [Powerful CEO of a wealthy family + chasing his wife to the crematorium + married first, love later + secret identities + identities exposed + face-slapping + feel-good read + equally matched leads] Also known as The Substitute Bride Is Gorgeous and Fierce and Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has 108 Secret Identities On the night I became his substitute bride, the devil incarnate gripped my chin and warned me, “Remember, you’re just a tool.” I lowered my head, feigned tears, and obediently played the country —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 139 The Brocade Guard 锦卫 He is the princess’s shadow guard, concealing his sharpness beneath his sleeve and protecting her for a lifetime. She is the reborn legitimate daughter of the Great Jing, holding the pieces in her hands as she seeks vengeance and retribution. From palace scheming to the smoke and fire of the battlefield, he clears the thorns from her path, while she clears his family’s name and avenges their wrongful conviction. Two formidable leads stand side by side, where political intrigue intertwines with d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 After the Mad Chief Counselor Forced Me to Become His Blade, He Offered Up the World and Begged for Forgiveness 被疯批首辅强收为刀后，他交出天下跪求原谅 After the Mad Chief Minister Forces Me to Become His Blade, He Offers Up the World and Kneels, Begging for Forgiveness 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Even the Men at My Feet Are Hard to Handle 裙下之臣也难为 [Cool, brilliant, ambitious female lead × Multiple male leads: Childhood friend, a cunning and devoted crown prince + A younger court official she saves + A rival general who loves and hates her] Gentleness is her weapon, chasing fame and fortune is her instinct, and the imperial court is her chessboard. She is the first female official in the Jing Dynasty, a cool, distant moonlight who saves the prime minister’s son from dire straits and willingly lets herself be used. She is the only person th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 My Sister Was Wronged in the Marquis’s Manor, So I Remarried with My Child and Took Vicious Revenge 姐姐侯府含冤，我带崽二嫁疯复仇 Jiang Ruxue was reborn in her elder sister’s body. In her previous life, the Jiang family’s adopted daughter took everything that belonged to her sister when she fell on hard times. She was abandoned at a remote estate and abused until she died a miserable death. Jiang Ruxue carved a bloody path back to life in another’s body and became her sister. The Jiang family wanted her to enter the Marquis’s household as a concubine, bringing her child along, while the adopted daughter became the wife of 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Three Years After Faking My Death, My Nemesis Still Keeps My Belt Hidden 死遁三年，死对头还藏着我的腰带 (The rating is new and will go up) [Fake death / Both pure / Sweet romance / A woman takes the imperial exams / An intensely possessive, gloomy ghost of a man] Ming Yan had struggled through the Great Zhou Emperor’s “turn a tyrant into a pitiful little melon” makeover plan. In her own estimation, she had raised a wise ruler for Great Zhou, so she could fake her death in peace, or rather, retire and enjoy a comfortable life of her own. Who could have guessed that after faking her death, she would 5.3kReads8.8Score73214d adds
- 144 The Order of the Cold Boat 寒舟令 The day my entire family was executed, I became the sole survivor of the Shen family. Seven years later, I took on the identity of an orphan girl named Chen Zhou and infiltrated my enemy’s residence, the Shen estate, as a maid. They laughed at me for being as lowly as a weed. I laughed at them for being on the brink of death. I wielded medicine as a blade and turned the inner household into a game, throwing the illustrious Shen estate into chaos. Then the powerful official Xie Lin seized me by t 238Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Now That I'm Empress, Who Says I Can't Have a Sweetheart? 都做女帝了，谁还没个小娇夫 [Two powerful leads + strong, strategic heroine + handsome and capable hero who doesn't suffer + women's rise as a group + marriage before love + devoted one-on-one romance, a sweet little story] Heroine: Is he trying to seduce me with his looks? Hero: I just love how fierce Your Majesty is. Note: The heroine has an intense sense of mission and is determined to overthrow feudal patriarchy. The hero admires and loves her, and is willing to grow and compromise for her sake. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Cannon-Fodder's Schemes After Transmigrating Into a Book 穿书之病弱炮灰谋略 [Strong female lead + power struggles + a touch of ensemble cast] Shen Ruo'an transmigrates into a book, becoming a sickly cannon-fodder character who's about to die. Her only purpose is to make room for the heroine and provide her with family support. Shen Ruo'an refuses to do that. She wants to live and enjoy a happy life lying flat. Unfortunately, the Marquis's household is rife with infighting, the heroine is cunning, and a struggle for power is unavoidable... Disguised by her frail appearan 2.6kReads8.7Score22314d adds
- 147 Cry Louder, I Can't Hear You 哭大点声，我听不见 [Unlucky survivalist VS fake gentleman, real debauched villain] [Forced love + yandere + System + sexual tension and push-pull + both leads are inexperienced in love + happy ending] Five years after transmigrating into the body of a vicious supporting female character. After Yun Qiao had thoroughly offended the major villain, Shen Suwei, the System suddenly changed her mission: [Make the major villain fall in love with you and agree to marry you within one month.] Yun Qiao: ??? How is that even 12.1kReads7.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 148 After Tearing Up Her Canary Script, She Went on a Rampage 撕碎金丝雀剧本后她杀疯了 [A career-driven heroine who thrives in both the light and dark + no romance + martial world + mystery-solving + court intrigue + no System + male rivals] A 21st-century sanda champion transmigrates into the role of a martial arts alliance leader’s kept woman. She dumps him and sets out to found her own sect. She wants power, fame, and to make the whole world bow before her. Three years later, everyone knows Yun Shangyue, the master of Buyun Tower, as a remarkable woman: brilliant and resourcef 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Maid in His Bed Is a Little Sweet 通房丫鬟有点娇 Su Yaoyao bit her lip, tears in her eyes, and became the cherished darling of powerful minister Xie Xiuzhi. From then on, she rose to the top. * Everyone knew that powerful minister Xie Xiuzhi was ruthless, had no interest in women, and cared only for power. But they did not know that after nightfall, he shed his usual cool demeanor, wrapped a hand around his little maid's waist, and tenderly called her “Yaoyao.” Su Yaoyao was of low birth and knew the gulf between herself and Xie Xiuzhi, yet sh 155Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 150 A Half-Summer Romance with Medicine 半夏医缘 [Historical Romance] [Northern Guardian General x Daughter of a Physician] [Two Strong Leads] [Mutual Secret Crush] [They Choose Each Other] [Court Intrigue] - Lin Banxia, a graduate student of traditional Chinese medicine, pushes herself too hard studying late night after late night and collapses from exhaustion at her desk. When she opens her eyes again, her soul has crossed a thousand years and entered the body of Chen Qingdai, the daughter of the Chen family’s medical clinic, who had collaps 1Reads—Score—14d adds
